HUNTSVILLE,
Alabama -- Huntsville police are investigating a report of a rape the victim said
occurred on University Drive early Sunday morning.

The
32-year-old victim told officers her boyfriend forcibly had sexual intercourse
with her by threatening her with a carpenter's knife. The incident allegedly
happened in the the 3800 block of University Drive shortly after midnight.

Police also
are investigating an unrelated attempted
kidnapping reported to have occurred in the 6200 block
of University Drive.

The victim told officers that
as she attempted to get in her vehicle at about 8 p.m. on Saturday, an unknown
male got out of a nearby vehicle and grabbed her arm. She said she was able to
pull herself away, get into her vehicle and drive away.